Copyright 2001 --- Robert Baer Jr. Otto & Sam -- "The Unwelcome Reunion" DISCLAIMER Road Rovers characters, names, situations and the Road Rovers universe are the property of Warner Bros. I, nor this script/story are connected with Warner Bros. in any way, shape or form. This document may not be publicized or reproduced in any way, shape or form. It must remain fully intact and may not be altered in anyway. It is strictly used for not-for-profit entertainment purposes only, and is not intended to infringe on any Copyrights. This story is written by Robert Baer Jr and the characters Otto, Samantha Maddog, Kyra, Starlight and Uncle Buford are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1999. Cobber is a creation of Mike Browner. Catman is a creation of John Butler. Dylan is a creation of Dylan Rinard. Dervish is a creation of Casey Johnson. Otto & Sam -- "The Unwelcome Reunion" The scene is aboard a Jet Rover. Exile is at the controls, seated in the back are Catman, Dylan, Cobber, Dervish, Otto, Samantha and Starlight (in her equine sapien form). DERVISH (shouts up to Exile): Hey Exile, are we there yet? EXILE (nods): We're getting very closeski! COBBER (smiles): Crickey! Wouldn't ya know the day Parvo decides to raid the Swiss Reserve Bank that the other Road Rovers would have the bloody day off! DYLAN (smiles): Don't worry, Cobber! We can handle it! CATMAN (nods): Of course we can! OTTO (nods): I am in agreement with Dylan and Catman, we shall be successful! SAMANTHA (looks out window): Switzerland looks so beautiful from up here! STARLIGHT (nods): Yes, it does! EXILE (shouts): Coming in for a landingski! DERVISH (giggles): Assume crash positions! DYLAN (laughs): Good one, Derv! COBBER (looks at Derv): You are kiddin', aren't you? DERVISH (rolls eyes): Am I? Within minutes, Exile places the Jet Rover down with a perfect vertical engine landing. Cano-Mutants begin firing from three different directions. EXILE (shouts): Cobber, you and Samantha take the mutants on the rightski! Dervish, Catman and Starlight, take the group on the left. The rest of you comrades follow me! Cobber and Samantha charge forward, Sam keeping a force field on them both. Catman makes himself. Dervish and Starlight disappear and then reappear behind a group of shocked cano-mutants. DERVISH (shouts): Surprize! Dervish and Catman punches several of the cano-mutants. Meanwhile, Exile, Otto and Dylan easily subdue their assigned group of mutants. The scene now focuses on the area assigned to Cobber and Samantha. Parvo, peering down from atop a nearby building, drops a grenade near the place where Cobber and Sam are standing. COBBER (shouts): IMCOMING!!! SCATTER!!!! Cobber and Samantha roll to the ground in opposite directions as the grenade explodes. OTTO (ears perk up): Explosion... (points) In that direction STARLIGHT (shouts out): SAM!!! COBBER!!!! Otto, Exile, Dylan, Starlight, Catman and Dervish rush over to the area of the explosion. In the confusion of smoke and fire, Parvo and a few of his mutants fly off in his dogship. The group finds Cobber, who is barely moving. STARLIGHT (shocked): COBBER!!! OTTO (sternly): Scanning..... no broken bones, several bruises.... CATMAN (nods): I'll take care of Cobber, find Sam! DYLAN (turns to Otto): Otto, scan the area for her collar signal! OTTO (sternly): Scanning..... (excited): I have it! Using his super speed, Otto rushes behind a group of boulders, only to find.... OTTO (sternly, picks it up): Her collar.... scanning...... no sign of Samantha.... DERVISH (sternly): She has to be here STARLIGHT (sternly): Unless she was abducted and taken in Parvo's dogship! I cannot detect it in the immediate vincinity. DYLAN (sadly): Poor Sam... CATMAN (closes eyes): I'll see if I can find her..... EXILE (sadly): At least we did stop the robbery.... but we must find comrade Samski! As the others search, in a deep tunnel beneath the city, a shadowy figure carries an unconscience Samantha further and further down a long dimly lit corridor. The figure places Samantha down gently and ties her hands and feet up with ropes. Then the figure removes his hood, revealing him to be a bulldog cano-sapien. Sam's eyes begin to open as the smiling cano moves towards her. SAMANTHA (shouting, frightened): YOU???? BUT HOW???? BUTCH (laughs): Don't tell me you're not happy to see your husband, Sam! SAMANTHA (growls): You mean EX-HUSBAND!!!! I divorced you years ago, Butch! BUTCH (nods): And I thought I'd never see you again! Not until that Parvo fellow grabbed me out of my backyard and changed me into one of his soldiers! (laughs): When I saw you in your cute little uniform, I knew my chance had arrived. So after Parvo dropped that grenade, I grabbed you and ducked into the nearby hidden tunnel entrance. SAMANTHA (struggles); Where's my collar? BUTCH (laughs): I left it there to fool your friends! (evil grin): Now my dear, you're all mine once again! SAMANTHA (struggles): Stay away from me, we're no longer married! BUTCH (laughs): Your android husband can't save you now, my dear! SAMANTHA (growls): You pig! I HATE YOUR GUTS!!! Hearing this, Butch slaps her in the face. BUTCH (angry): ENOUGH!!! SAMANTHA (growls): That's why I divorced you! I got tired of being your daily punching bag! BUTCH (laughs): Well, right now, I don't exactly feel like punching you.... As Butch moves closer and closer to Samantha, she screams at the top of her lungs. The scene shifts back to the Rovers who are now scattered all around, searching for Samantha. Suddenly, Otto's ears perk up, he growls and immediately teleports with a loud BOOM!!!! Butch hears the BOOM!!! of Otto's teleportation and stands ready with a iron bar, whacking Otto in the stomach hard when he appears in the corridor. BUTCH (laughing): HA!! I was ready for you, you stupid robot! Butch strikes Otto repeatedly with the iron bar, sparks begin to fly from his body causing Samantha to scream even louder. Butch turns to her, ready to strike her with the bar when Otto rises to his feet just in time to grab the bar with his hand. BUTCH (shocked); What? (turns around): So, you're still alive? I'll soon take care of that... OTTO (thinking to himself): All internal systems damaged.... force fields.... eyes lasers.... teleportation.... all damaged.... Otto manages to duck as Butch swings the iron bar towards his head, punching Butch in the stomach. This causes the bulldog to drop the iron bar and fall to the floor. Otto attempts to move towards his wife, but now his legs and arms are emitting sparks. Taking advantage of the disabled German Shepard, Butch grabs the iron bar and whacks Otto over the head with it. To his amazement, suddenly Butch finds himself, Otto and the still bound Samantha have instantly teleported into a mountainous area of the Swiss countryside. BUTCH (looks around, stunned): What happaned? OTTO (struggling to stand): You struck my damaged teleportation circuitry... it brought all of us here! BUTCH (shouts): Perfect! I'll finish killing you here! Butch takes another swing at Otto with the iron bar. Although Otto manages to avoid it, he can barely stand. In despairation, he leaps on top of Butch. The two roll around on the ground for several yards. Sam's screams finally bring Catman, Dervish, Starlight, Dylan, Exile and Cobber to the area. Dylan and Dervish quickly untie Samantha. SAMANTHA (panicked): STOP THEM!! THEY'RE GOING TO KILL EACH OTHER!! The feuding canos continue to roll down a steep revene. When they reach the bottom, Butch gets to his feet first, but both are bleeding and Otto's body continues to emit an array of sparks. BUTCH (panting): You.. die...now..... OTTO (panting): Incorrect.... I....live.... Butch swings his fist towards Otto's jaw, it connects but causes Butch to scream in pain. BUTCH (holding hand): HEY!!! Your jaw must be made of iron! OTTO (sternly): Titamium composite to be exact.... Otto grabs Butch by the throat and lifts him off the ground. OTTO (panting): It's ... over..... BUTCH (laughs): You won't kill me! You can't kill me! You're a robot! You're not programmed to kill! I'll be back and I'll keep coming back until I steal Samantha away from you! As Butch continues to ramble, Otto growls louder and louder. BUTCH (continues): Think of it, android! Me, sleeping with your delicate collie bride! And you still won't kill me! OTTO (sternly): Incorrect..... (evil grin): Program error.... compassion subroutine bypassed....... logic circuitry damaged.... bypassed..... Otto punches Butch in the stomach so hard, he flies through the air and lands on the face of a mountain wall. When Butch looks up, he sees Otto slowly walking towards him, with a very angry and sinister look on his face. Otto is still emitting sparks and moving much slower than normal. BUTCH (frightened): Wait! Wait a minute! You can't kill me! Remember your programming! OTTO (furious): If I were you, I would prepare to experience the after-life Otto's eye lasers suddenly fire, his aim is just off, but he singes the tip of one of Butch's ears. BUTCH (scared): NO!!! NO!!! IT CAN'T BE!!!!! Butch tries to run away, but his battered body can barely walk, let alone run. Catman teleports the other Rovers to the area, where they are witnessing Otto continuiously firing his eye lasers and barely missing the slow moving Butch. Otto senses their presence, he immediately encases Samantha in a force field and then turns his attention back towards Butch, fires his eye lasers repeatedly and barely missing the retreating bulldog. CATMAN (shocked): OTTO!! STOP!!! STARLIGHT (sternly): Scanning..... Otto is heavily damaged.... his programming is corrupted.... (screams); HE PLANS TO KILL BUTCH!! DYLAN (shouts): C'mon! We gotta stop him! Quickly, Dervish and Dylan grab Otto by his arms, but the bionic GSD pushes both of them aside like ragdolls. As he continues to move towards Butch, Catman jumps on Otto from behind, attempting to knock him down. But the super fast reflexes of Otto react, he fires a blue ray from his eyes at Catman. It's his anti-grativy ray, causing the confused Catman to float higher and higher into the air. CATMAN (shouts); Hey! What's going on? OTTO (growls): No one shall interfere.... mission..... elimination...... Otto picks up a huge boulder in his hands and throws it in Butch's direction. The terrorified bulldog screams just as Starlight rushes over and catches the boulder in her hands. Setting it down, she now alone stands between Butch and the angry bionic GSD. STARLIGHT (shouts): Otto! Stop this! You are damaged! We need to return you to Uncle Buford's lab... OTTO (shouts): Damage irrelevant, must destroy enemy. STARLIGHT (shouts): No, don't do this.... OTTO (shouts): Butch has harmed my wife for the final time. Years ago, his constant beatings of her led her to divorce him. She is my wife now. He has harmed her. Now, I will destroy Butch, this will prevent this from happaning in the future.... STARLIGHT (shouts): No Otto! It's not right... you and I were not given these enhanced bodies to perform works of revenge and evil with. What does your logic dicate? OTTO (sternly): Unable to access logic circuitry, heavily damaged.... STARLIGHT (calmly): Otto, remember a few years ago when I teleported to my former owner's house to take out revenge on him? Access file WFarnsworth745.... OTTO (sternly); Accessing....processing..... (nods): You did travel to Wellington Farnsworth's home that night, I did follow you and prevented you from killing him. STARLIGHT (calmly): Don't you see? As you taught me that day, revenge and anger are not justifications for evil actions. Your body and internal systems are damaged, let us help you. OTTO (sternly): You are... correct, Starlight. I will initiate safety shutdown..... While Starlight and Otto are talking, Butch tries to sneak away, only to be confronted by Dylan, Dervish and Catman. DERVISH (angry): And just where do you think YOUR going? DYLAN (angry): I don't recall anyone giving you permission to leave! CATMAN (angry): You're lucky we didn't let Otto finish you! Samantha, now free from Otto's force field, slowly walks over to where the others are standing. BUTCH (smiles): I knew you'd come to your senses and want a REAL dog! SAMANTHA (sweetly): Mr Butch, sir, I have something to give you... Before anyone can stop her, Samantha karate kicks Butch between the legs hard. The bulldog moans and groans with pain as he lay double over on the ground. SAMANTHA (calmly): Now if you'll please excuse me, I will tend to my husband... DERVISH (whispers to the others): Remind me to stay on Sam's GOOD side! Dylan and Catman nod in agreement. The scene now is Road Rover Mission Control several hours later. Uncle Buford and Kyra have repaired the damage conponents in Otto's body. In the medical ward, Otto lays on a bed with Samantha at his bedside, holding his hand. SAMANTHA (smiling): Oh Otto, I am so glad your.... OTTO (interrupting): Samantha, I have harmed my friends and disobeyed direct orders from fellow Road Rovers... therefore, I must resign.... SAMANTHA (shocked): RESIGN??? Darling, everyone knows your circuitry was damaged, you wasn't yourself.. OTTO (sternly): I assaulted Dylan, Dervish and Catman. I almost killed someone deliberately today. How will anyone ever trust me again? SAMANTHA (hugs his neck): I will always trust you, my love! DYLAN (walks in): And so will I! DERVISH (walks in): Me too! CATMAN (walks in): That goes double for me, Otto! COBBER (walks in): That's right, mate! STARLIGHT (walks in): Of course we trust you! OTTO (stunned): Your reactions are.... surprising..... DYLAN (smiles): Look Otto, true friends stand by each other, in good times as well as bad DERVISH (nods): Dyl's right, y'know. COBBER (nods): You bet he is! You wasn't yourself when you went on that rampage! CATMAN (nods): And besides, you reacted like most males do when their mates are attacked.... don't fault yourself for having emotions.. STARLIGHT (smiles): Remember what you told me once about being more than just a pile of computer chips and wires? You truly are a person, Otto! SAMANTHA (smiles): Yes, you are the man I will always love... OTTO (smiles): That computes! The others watch as Otto and Samantha share a long kiss. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor's Note: The day that Starlight almost took revenge out on her former owner is a story written in the "Renegade Files" section of my website called "Starlight's Revenge".